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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.
C-5A 1971 August 1971 August 7, 2013 United States Air Force: Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware: On static display [1] [2] 70-0451 C-5A 1972 1972 July 26, 2017 United States Air Force: Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: On static display [3]
The 436th Airlift Wing is an active unit of the United States Air Force, stationed at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.The wing operates Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, and is assigned to Air Mobility Command's Eighteenth Air Force.
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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy was considered for the shuttle-carrier role by NASA but rejected in favor of the 747. This was due to the 747's low-wing design in comparison to the C-5's high-wing design, and also because the U.S. Air Force would have retained ownership of the C-5, while NASA could own the 747s outright.
A C-5 Galaxy takes off from a runway at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. In December 1989, the 22d participated in Operation Just Cause , which ended the dictatorship of Panama's Gen. Manuel Noriega . In August 1990, the unit provided strategic airlift in support of the massive coalition forces buildup in Southwest Asia prior to Operations Desert ...
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The 349th Air Mobility Wing is the largest associate wing in the United States Air Force Reserve Command. 349th AMW personnel fly the C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III, and KC-46 Pegasus. The missions of the aircrews include airlifting personnel and material worldwide as well as aerial refueling a wide variety of aircraft.